# 2022–23 AFC Uttara season

The 2022–23 season was AFC Uttara's 14th season since its establishment in 2009 and their 1st season in the Bangladesh Premier League. They achieved promotion to the Bangladesh Premier league after being second of the 2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League. In addition to domestic league, AFC Uttara was participated on this season's edition of Federation Cup and Independence Cup. The season covered period was 8 November 2022 to 22 July 2023.

## Current squad

AFC Uttara squad for 2022–23 season.
    As of 7 November 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BAN | Jahaid Hasan Rabbi |
| 2 | DF | BAN | Ashik Ahmed |
| 3 | DF | BAN | Jintu Mia |
| 4 | DF | BAN | Istekharul Alam Sakil |
| 6 | MF | BAN | Anik Ghosh |
| 7 | MF | BAN | Alamgir Hosen Anik |
| 8 | MF | BAN | Abdullah |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Lukman Adefemi |
| 10 | FW | BAN | Sarowar Zaman Nipu |
| 11 | FW | BAN | Md. Sohel |
| 12 | FW | BAN | Fahim Ahmed |
| 13 | DF | BAN | Rakib Sarkar |
| 14 | MF | BAN | Salauddin Rubel |
| 15 | FW | BAN | Mehebub Hasan Noyon |
| 17 | FW | BAN | Mujahid Hossain Joy |
| 18 | MF | BAN | Jayed Ahmed |
| 19 | FW | BAN | Arman Foysal Akash |
| 20 | FW | BAN | Naim Uddin |
| 21 | MF | KGZ | Sultanbek Momunov |
| 22 | GK | BAN | Azad Hossain |
| 23 | FW | BAN | Masum Mia |
| 24 | DF | BAN | Zahidul Islam Babu |
| 25 | GK | BAN | Kamal Hossain Titu |
| 26 | DF | BAN | Khorshed Alam |
| 27 | DF | BAN | Sagar Mia |
| 28 | DF | BAN | Arman Sadi |
| 29 | MF | BAN | Hridoy Hossain |
| 30 | GK | BAN | Mohammad Razib |
| 33 | DF | GUI | Younoussa Camara |
| 66 | DF | BAN | Rayhan Ahmed |
| 70 | MF | BAN | Rohit Sarkar |
| 77 | FW | BAN | Shariar Bappi |
| 88 | FW | BAN | Sakib Bepari |
| 98 | FW | COL | Richard Maturana |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Alan Koroev |

## Transfer
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Previous club | Fee | Date |
| | MF | Maruf Ahmed | Uttar Baridhara Club | Free transfer | 6 August 2022 |
| | DF | Jintu Mia | Uttar Baridhara Club | Free transfer | 10 October 2022 |
| | MF | Jayed Ahmed | Saif Sporting Club | Free transfer | 18 October 2022 |
| | MF | Fahim Ahmed | Sheikh Russel KC | Free transfer | 18 October 2022 |
| | GK | Mohamed Razib | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Free transfer | 5 November 2022 |
| | FW | Masum Mia | Chittagong Abahani | Free transfer | 7 November 2022 |
| | FW | José Luis Mosquera | FC Hegelmann | Free transfer | 3 November 2022 |
| | DF | Khorshed Alam | Fortis FC | Free transfer | 7 November 2022 |
| | DF | Sakib Bepari | Wari Club Dhaka | Free transfer | 11 November 2023 |
| | DF | Sultanbek Momunov | FC Nur-Batken | Free transfer | 1 January 2023 |
| – | FW | Younoussa Camara | Unattached | Free transfer | 16 March 2023 |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Overall

| Competition | First match | Last match | Final Position |
| BPL | 9 December 2022 | 21 July 2023 | 11th |
| Federation Cup | 20 December 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Group stages |
| Independence Cup | 14 November 2022 | 22 November 2022 | Group stages |

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| BPL | 20 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 56 | −46 | 000.00 |
| Independence Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 000.00 |
| Federation Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 000.00 |
| Total | 26 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 76 | −63 | 000.00 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Fortis FC | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 23 | |
| 8 | Chittagong Abahani | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 21 | |
| 9 | Rahmatganj MFS | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 19 | |
| 10 | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC (R) | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 15 | Relegation to Championship League |
| 11 | AFC Uttara (R) | 20 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 56 | −46 | 5 | Relegation to Championship League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | – | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | – | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
* ↑ No AFC Uttara matchday in this round.
* ↑ No AFC Uttara matchday in this round.

### Federation Cup
#### Group stages

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mohammedan SC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Rahmatganj MFS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Sheikh Jamal DC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 4 | AFC Uttara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |

### Independence Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bashundhara Kings (C) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Chittagong Abahani | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Fakirerpool YMC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 3 | |
| 4 | AFC Uttara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

### Super Cup
#### Qualifying round
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of match played till 21 July 2023
| Rank | Player | Position | Total | BPL | Independence Cup | Federation Cup |
| 1 | Shakib Bepari | FW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Richard Maturana | FW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Niam Uddin | FW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Rohit Sarkar | MF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Sultanbek Momunov | MF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Sarower Zaman Nipu | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Source: Matches